1988
participation in the "Forum of Young German Composers" Berlin
1989
participation in the composition course "Luigi Nono" at the Centre Acanthes, Avignon (France)
1994
working residency at the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
1996
participation in the "Response" project in Frankfurt am Main
1996
co-founder and until 2001 co-organizer of the concert series "neue musik im alten theater" in Darmstadt
1998
participation in the "Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik"
1993, 2003 and 2004
finalist for the Villa Massimo scholarship from the state of Hessen
2010
nomination for the "Pfalzpreis für Musik"